The 54-year-old singer explained why she and Cypher ultimately rejected Pitt in favor of Crosby, Stills and Nash musician David Crosby in a recent interview with Australian morning show "He was such a good friend of mine," Etheridge said of Pitt."And yet, I looked and I saw how badly he wanted children and I thought, 'I don't want to share this with someone who really, badly wants children because my children don't need another parent, they have two." "Of course my teenagers are like, 'I could have had Brad Pitt [as my biological dad]! "My son said, 'I could have been amazingly handsome.'" Etheridge and Cypher, who split in 2000 after several years of dating, share 19-year-old daughter Bailey and 17-year-old son Beckett.Raine: [Snowflakes] all look like the same cold snow, but in reality, they're very sensitive to the environment around them. Raine: In other words, the temperature around me has changed. Raine: Hehe, although it would seem that my heat source hasn't realized it at all. You're saying that there's something that has changed you. Maybe Pitt was listening to Cohen’s Sirius XM radio show.

Pitt, meanwhile, is dad to six children, Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Vivienne and Knox, with wife Angelina Jolie.

It’s been a long, winding journey of reflection and self-discovery for her to get where she is today.

Known for her smoky voice and emotional lyrics, Etheridge moved from Boston to Los Angeles in the 1980s, looking to break into the music scene.

“It's funny, the activist stuff just happens very naturally. I find the most activist work I do is just to live my life in a truthful manner and speak truthfully about it. When asked by organizations that do the activism, I will lend my name.” (1993), launched her into rock stardom with the two giant hits: "I'm the Only One" and "Come to My Window." Etheridge, who continued to churn out studio albums, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. Rock singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge was born on May 29, 1961, in Leavenworth, Kansas.

The youngest of two girls born to John and Elizabeth Etheridge, a high school teacher and computer consultant respectively, Melissa grew up in what she later described as a lonely home, where her family offered little in the way of emotional support.